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A resolution on the crash of MH17 is being prepared at the EU Summit
The Summit of the European Union on foreign policy on June 28 to 29 in Brussels could adopt a resolution on the crash of Malaysian Airlines passenger airliner MH17 in Ukraine, as stated in the documents for the European Council meeting, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"It is expected that the European Council will adopt the conclusion on the crash of flight MH17, calling on the Russian Federation to take responsibility and to cooperate fully with all efforts to establish the truth, justice and …
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Russia sends dozens of military vessels to Azov Sea
Russia has transferred roughly 40 military boats and two small missile ships to the Sea of Azov. This was reported by Vadym Skybytsky, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, in a Channel 5 broadcast.
“The problem is that, at the start of the war, we were unable to completely agree on a border. This border is not in the Azov sea, or the Kerch Strait. Secondly, extremely active operations began in May 2018. Today, according to our military …
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Ukrainian court sentences citizen of Iran to 11 years in prison for espionage
On June 25, the Ordzhonikidzevskyi District Court of Kharkiv sentenced an Iranian citizen to 11 years of imprisonment for espionage (in accordance with Part 1 of Article 114 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The Kharkiv Prosecutor’s Office announced through its press service that a 30-year-old Iranian, a graduate student of one of Kharkiv’s universities, met with an employee of the research institution involved in military research and subsequently tried to obtain classified information.
The …
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Ukraine accuses Russia of planning major cyberattack
Russia is planning to carry out a massive cyberattack on enterprises and companies in Ukraine, said Serhiy Demedyuk, Chief of Ukraine’s Cyberpolice. According to him, the authorities have information that the attack will be carried out in one day.
The Russian hackers intend to infect Ukrainian companies and state institutions with malware in order to gain covert access to their resources and later to carry out a large-scale attack on them, Demedyuk told Reuters.
The cyberpolice chief says …
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Kyiv to lift restrictions on the privatization of Ukrainian defense companies
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), the Cabinet of Ministers and the National Security Committee of the Verkhovna Rada are preparing a bill to lift restrictions for privatizing state defense enterprises, stated NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov.
"We are actively working with the Cabinet of Ministers, the Verkhovna and the relevant committees in order to lift any restrictions on privatization of the state defense enterprises and investments at the legislative level, …